- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 6 July 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met representatives of Her Majesty's Government's Defence Estates.
Answer
Scottish Executive officials last met representatives of the UK Government`s Defence Estates on 7 June at the launch of the Ministry of Defence's Estate Strategy.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2000
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Answered by Jack McConnell on 30 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4034 by Mr Jack McConnell on 27 March 2000, whether it will place in the Scottish Parliamentary Information Centre a copy of the detailed calculations for Argyll and Bute Council's non-housing capital expenditure for each year from 1997-98 to the present.
Answer
A paper detailing Argyll and Bute's formula allocation for each year since 1997-98 has today been placed in SPICe.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2000
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Answered by Frank McAveety on 28 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the number of houses which have been improved through the Warm Deal, broken down by housing association or local authority, by the installation of (i) loft insulation; (ii) cavity wall insulation; (iii) window or door draught-proofing; (iv) installation of high efficiency lamps; (v) tank and pipe installation, and (vi) other measures.
Answer
Information held centrally on the Warm Deal cannot be broken down to provide the details requested in respect of individual housing associations. As at 31 March 2000, 6,802 housing association houses had benefited from some or all the measures described. The number of houses improved by local authorities as at 31 March 2000 is recorded in my answer to question S1W-7401. Eaga improved 5,408 local authority houses during the same period but details are not recorded by local authority area.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 28 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the number and type of qualifications gained by persons employed through finance from the Warm Deal.
Answer
The Warm Deal provides places for trainees recruited through the New Deal, which is administered by the Employment Service. Information on the number and type of qualifications gained by these trainees is not routinely collected.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 28 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the firms which have taken on employees through finance from the Warm Deal and how many full-time equivalent posts have been created in each firm.
Answer
All the Installers employed by Eaga have places for trainees taken on under the New Deal. About 200 places are available in total. A similar number of places is available under the part of the Warm Deal which is administered by local authorities. On 31 March 2000 a total of 376 New Deal trainees were employed. The number employed by any individual firm will vary regularly as trainees begin or leave the scheme or places remain unfilled.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 28 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the number of households which have benefited from the Warm Deal, broken down by local authority or housing association, showing (i) the number of households which have been allocated Warm Deal money and (ii) the average grant allocated in each case.
Answer
Information held centrally on the Warm Deal cannot be broken down to provide the details requested in respect of individual housing associations or local authorities. As at 31 March 2000, 6,802 housing association houses had been improved under the Warm Deal. The number of houses improved by local authorities, and the spend in the same period, are recorded in my answer to question S1W-7401. Eaga improved 5,408 local authority houses during the same period but details are not recorded by local authority area.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2000
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Answered by Sarah Boyack on 8 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what economic benefit will accrue from the opening of the Millennium Canal Link.
Answer
Economic and environmental benefits will accrue from this exciting and innovative project. We expect an increase in income from tourism, the creation of new jobs and a regeneration of urban areas along the canal's length.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2000
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Answered by Henry McLeish on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Kvaerner Energy Working Group has met and what the dates of those meetings were.
Answer
The Kvaerner Energy Working Group has met five times so far. It first met on 8 September 1999, and subsequently on 5 November, 11 November, 10 January and 14 April. Prior to 8 September, the Kvaerner Task Force, established in April 1999, had responsibility for assisting in the sale of the three facilities in Scotland which Kvaerner plc wanted to sell, including Kvaerner Energy.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2000
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Answered by Sam Galbraith on 23 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it currently records the number of incidences of the childhood condition autistic spectrum disorder; if so, whether it will make such information public and, if not, whether it plans to introduce the recording of such incidences.
Answer
The Annual School Census includes a count of pupils by main learning difficulty, such as Autistic Spectrum Disorder. The Executive publishes the results in an annual statistical bulletin which is available on the Scottish Executive internet website and in document form. A copy is available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2000
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 4 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has undertaken research into any possible relationship between the incidence of autistic spectrum disorder and vaccination against childhood illness.
Answer
Research has been carried out at a UK level to investigate alleged links between MMR vaccine and autism and has concluded that there is no evidence of any causal link.
The most recent research, carried out by an expert group brought together by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in 1998, published its report on 3 April 2000. The group, chaired by Professor Alan McGregor of King's College, London, confirmed previous findings and concluded that there is no new evidence to suggest a causal link between MMR vaccination and autism or inflammatory bowel disorders. At the same time, the MRC announced that it is to fund one of the largest studies of autism every attempted.
